Name: teaching mathematics in multilingual classrooms
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Author: adler
ISBN: 9780792370802

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teaching mathematics in multilingual classrooms

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Springer

Author

adler

Language

English

Pages

192

ISBN

0792370805

ISBN13

9780792370802

Synopsis "teaching mathematics in multilingual classrooms"

increasingly, teachers all over the world are grappling on a daily basis with the fact of multilingual classrooms. in this book, jill adler captures three inter-related dilemmas that lie at the heart of teaching mathematics in multilingual classrooms. adlers identification and naming of the dilemma of code-switching, the dilemma of mediation, and the dilemma of transparency, arise from exploring the realities of actual classrooms, and are shaped by a perspective of teaching as a social practice. adler provides a sharp analysis and strong theoretical grounding for her work, pulling together research related to the relationship between language and mathematics, communicating mathematics, and mathematics in bi-/multilingual settings. in so doing, she offers a direct challenge to dominant research on communication in mathematics classrooms that has `othered the multilingual setting in its normalisation of the monolingual classroom. the `norm is a multicultural one. set in contemporary south africa - a context of linguistic diversity and rapid change - this book offers a spotlight whose beam is wide enough to illuminate dilemmas at work in all mathematics classrooms.